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TONY SMITH (1912-1980)

Lot 231
17.05.2024 14:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1209640
Lot 231 | TONY SMITH (1912-1980)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
TONY SMITH (1912-1980)
Smith, T.
Cross
stamped with the artist's signature, date, number and foundry mark 'T. SMITH 1960-62/01 2/6' (on the lower edge)
cast bronze with black patina
32 x 32 x 32 in. (81.3 x 81.3 x 81.3 cm.)
Conceived in 1960-1962 and fabricated in 2001. This work is number two from an edition of six plus one artist's proof.




Provenance

Estate of the artist
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003



Literature

H. Kealy, “Tony Smith’s Lunar Ammo Dump,” Art Scene, Chicago, 1 May 1968, p. 10.
J. Caruso Corrigan, “The Smith Mystery,” Artnet, 20 December 2002, digital (another example illustrated).
R. Diez, “Arrivano gli Smith,” Arte (Milan), no. 352, December 2002, p. 132 (another example illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor, July-September 1998, p. 10 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Tony Smith, Painting and Sculpture, 1960-1965, April-June 2001, p. 36 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
Lake Worth, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, The Smiths: Tony, Kiki, Seton, December 2002-March 2003, p. 31 (another example illustrated and exhibited).
Zurich, Hauser & Wirth, Tony Smith, August-October 2003 (another example exhibited).
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Tony Smith: Bronze, November 2010-January 2011 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, Matthew Marks Gallery, Tony Smith: Maze, October-December 2013 (another example exhibited).
London, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Tony Smith: Sculpture and Painting, September-October 2014, n.p. (another example illustrated and exhibited).
Los Angeles, Pace Gallery, Tony Smith, June-July 2022 (another example exhibited).
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